Work & commute · Brodhead

Work & commute in Brodhead, WI

Most working residents leave Brodhead for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (14%), Madison (13%) and Janesville (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

264 of 1,424 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,160 Brodhead residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 1,124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brodhead.

1,160live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

1,124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brodhead goes to work

Brodhead (in town)right here

19%264

Monroe13.3 mi away

14%201

Madison32.7 mi away

13%192

Janesville19 mi away

2%33

Evansville11.9 mi away

2%32

Stoughton22.6 mi away

2%31

Fitchburg25.6 mi away

2%30

Spring Grove5.3 mi away

2%26

Middleton34.5 mi away

2%22

Oregon21.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%572

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brodhead commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

30%

27%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brodhead is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brodhead are

1,388 jobs are based in Brodhead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brodhead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brodhead

1,388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Brodhead residents hold

1,424 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+5%

Jobs based in Brodhead, 2013 → 2023: 1,319 → 1,388. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.